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Consumer preferences for parcel delivery methods
European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 2022 In the Netherlands, as in many other densely populated countries, home delivery is the dominant way of delivering online ordered parcels. This is mainly because big retail companies offer this delivery option for free. Due to the expansion of e-commerce,
Eric Molin +2 more
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Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity, 2021 Delivering parcels to collection and delivery points (CDPs) is often seen as a better option compared with home delivery. However, if the demand is inhomogeneous, either the parcel locker utilization or the service level (i.e., the number of parcels that
Maren Schnieder +2 more
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Perceived Importance and Quality Attributes of Automated Parcel Locker Services in Urban Areas
Smart Cities, 2023 Recent global trends related to the increasing use of e-commerce are becoming a challenge for courier transport, especially in the last-mile process of delivering products to the final retail recipient.
Maria Cieśla
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The Vehicle Routing Problem with Simultaneous Pickup and Delivery and Parcel Lockers
Mathematics, 2022 Customers’ expectations of timely and accurate delivery and pickup of online purchases pose a new challenge to last-mile delivery. When the goods sent to customers are not received, they must be returned to the warehouse.
Vincent F. Yu +4 more
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Evaluation of Effectiveness of Parcel Delivery Sector Companies in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic
Buhalterinės Apskaitos Teorija ir Praktika, 2023 The paper examines the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on operational effectiveness of parcel delivery sector companies operating in Lithuania. As demand of parcel delivery sector‘s services has increased, it is important to find out whether the impact of ...
Ringailė Žinytė, Gerda Jurkonienė
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A Scheduling Strategy of Mobile Parcel Lockers for the Last Mile Delivery Problem
Promet (Zagreb), 2020 In the form of unattended Collection-and-Delivery Points (CDP), the fixed parcel lockers can save courier miles and improve the delivery efficiency. However, due to the fixed location and combination, the fixed parcel locker cannot accommodate the change
Yang Wang, Mengyu Bi, Yanyan Chen
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Consumer's point of view on parcel lockers in DKI Jakarta [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 Online shopping businesses grow significantly in Indonesia, especially in Jakarta. Consumers find out that purchasing products online is more effective. Most of consumers in Jakarta choose direct (home) delivery as their last-mile delivery method, which ...
Nahry, Farhan Vilardi Alvin
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Robotic System for Post Office Package Handling
Applied Sciences, 2023 Parcel sorting is becoming a significant challenge for delivery distribution centers and is mostly automated by using high-throughput sorting machinery, but manual work is still used to feed these machines by placing the parcels on the conveyor belt.
Oskars Vismanis +4 more
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The Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows, Partial Recharges, and Parcel Lockers
Applied Sciences, 2023 This paper presents an extension of the Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and Partial Recharges (EVRPTW-PR), which incorporates the use of parcel lockers as a delivery method (i.e., self-pickup method).
Vincent F. Yu +2 more
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Strategy for the Siting of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations for Parcel Delivery Service Providers
Energies, 2023 The development of urban logistics is closely related to the inhabitants of specific areas. People are changing their shopping habits, hence the growing share of online shopping. The consequence of the foregoing is increased demand for parcel delivery to
Marcin Jacek Kłos, Grzegorz Sierpiński
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